Guo'er taught Zao'er to boil water and boil the pig's trotters first so that the hair could be plucked. Then she turned around and ran back to the west wing to take out the packets of spices. This was the magic weapon that would determine whether she could make delicious food today.

She cut two pieces of gauze, took out some from each spice bag, mixed them together, wrapped them in gauze, and tied them tightly with a thin thread. Guoer took the two spice bags and entered the kitchen again.

After the pig's trotters and ears were cleaned, Guo'er stood in front of the stove and prepared to show off her skills, but she was embarrassed.

She wanted to show off her skills, but she forgot that she was just a child now. She was small and short in stature. She couldn't show off her skills while standing in front of the chest-high stove, so she had to step aside.

Zao'er and Jian'er put the cleaned pig's trotters and ears into the large pot and boiled them again. They took them out and changed the water once, put in the spice packets and continued cooking.

This time it took a long time to cook. When it was almost cooked, the soy sauce, salt and other seasonings started to suffocate. When it was almost done, I opened the lid and a rich aroma of meat came out.

Guo'er carefully picked up a small piece of pig's trotters with chopsticks and took a bite. He took out a pig's ear and cut off small pieces with a knife and tasted them separately. He felt that the taste was very good, but it still lacked some heat.

I made such a big pot today and couldn't finish it. I'll put it into the pot again tomorrow and the effect should be better.

Zao'er and Jian'er had already been drooled by the aroma of the pot. Seeing Guo'er's satisfied look, they also imitated her and picked up a piece of pig's trotters and started to chew slowly. They both opened their eyes unconsciously.

Big eyes.

When Guoer saw that it was almost done, she invited Mrs. Tao to come over and taste it. Mrs. Tao was a little suspicious at first when she smelled the aroma that filled the kitchen. After tasting them one by one, she was also surprised. She didn't expect that Guoer, the girl, actually made it, and it tasted delicious.

It's even more delicious than the braised pork she makes.

"Yes, yes, I didn't expect these pig's trotters to be so delicious?"

After receiving Mrs. Tao's approval, Guo'er was completely relieved. Her mother-in-law and her grandchildren quickly started preparing the dishes, seeing that the poor man was about to go home.

When Father Yao and everyone came back from the threshing floor, it was dark again. He said that he would have to work for half a day tomorrow, and then he would take all the crushed wheat straw back home and it would be basically completed.

The meals on the table tonight are steamed and fragrant rice, a basket of freshly baked golden sesame cakes, a pot of red-oiled and translucent bacon, a pot of braised pig trotters and pig ears, and two homemade vegetables.

Fresh stir-fried vegetables, this kind of dinner is really more sumptuous than Chinese New Year.

Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the rice on the table. Northerners eat all kinds of pasta every day, and they can't eat rice twice a year. The autumn harvest has been too hard these days, and they really deserve a good meal.

After everyone tasted the bacon, braised pig's trotters, and pig ears on the table, their eyes widened. They had no time to speak and just kept putting food into their mouths. The whole room could only hear the sound of sucking.

Guo'er grinned happily beside her. What could be more satisfying than making delicious food that everyone can't stop eating?

"This cured meat is delicious when sandwiched with sesame cakes!"

Guoer happily reminded everyone.

When Yao Sanzhu heard this, he quickly took a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth. Before he could chew it, he reached out and grabbed a sesame seed cake and broke it open. He put his chopsticks into the meat bowl and picked up a few chopstick-full pieces of meat.

"Well, it's delicious and enjoyable!"

After he took a big bite of the homemade meat bun, he chewed it carefully with his eyes narrowed and swallowed it in his stomach, then he sighed with emotion while holding his neck.

Everyone was infected by his intoxicated eating style, and they all picked up a sesame seed cake and stuffed it with meat to eat, even the last remaining meat juice was dipped in it and eaten up.

After dinner, Guoer filled a large bowl with half a bowl of cured meat, put some braised pig trotters and pig ears on top, then took a large bowl and closed it, and told Mrs. Tao that she would send it to Hu Daya's family.

, Da Ya Er Ya helped clean these things today.

Mrs. Tao was very clear about dealing with favors. Knowing that it was Da Ya Er Ya who helped wash the pig's trotters today, her family should naturally thank her. However, when she saw Guo'er generously filling a bowl full of meat, she immediately became angry again.

Come down:

"Damn it, we have too much meat to eat, right? You don't need to pay for all these things? Give me two pieces of pig's trotters and two sesame seed cakes."

He said that he wanted to grab the bowl.

Guoer quickly avoided it with her eyes and hands: "Nai, these things are very cheap and don't cost much, but the two sisters, Daya and Erya, washed them by the river for a long time before they were cleaned.

Besides, we have so much left at home that we can have another meal tomorrow. If we want some milk later, I will buy it for us, and I might have to ask Sisters Da Ya and Er Ya to help wash it."

Mrs. Tao glared: "As long as you are generous, you might as well send them all over."

Although it sounded unpleasant, he didn't stop him anymore and asked Zao'er to follow him to prevent Guo'er from breaking the bowl.

Zao'er was eager to give her little sisters more delicious food. As soon as her grandma told her, she happily took the big bowl and went out with the fruit.

After being busy for a while, after each family's wheat was sorted and returned to the warehouse at the threshing floor, it was time to pay the rent.

All the families in the village who rented land were waiting at the threshing floor with the grain they had to hand over. This year, it was Butler Wang who came to collect rent from the Wang family. He took several long-term workers from the Wang family, set up a formation on the field, and began to settle accounts one by one.

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The Wang family, a large landowner, is quite kind. No matter how much they harvest, the yield per mu of land is calculated as two hundred and ninety kilograms.

Guo'er watched from the side as he, his eldest uncle and his second uncle carried the sacks full of wheat from their yard, poured them into the Wang family's huge measuring bucket, measured them one by one, and then put them into the sacks with the Wang family's logo on them.

In just half a day, the sacks containing wheat at Guoer's house were more than half empty.

Guo'er felt really bad when she saw a whole family working from dawn to dusk for a year, and the wheat they had worked so hard to collect just flowed into other people's sacks.

I secretly glanced at Father Yao and Uncle Yao, who were standing there with frowning and silent, and I guessed that they felt even more uncomfortable, but what could they do? The land was rented, so it had to be paid.

Rent.

When you make money in the future, you must buy land first! Guoer secretly swore in his heart.

Butler Wang and his assistants collected the rent, loaded the bags of grain onto the carriage, and prepared it for transportation. Fourth grandfather Yao Si and grandma Yao Si, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward with smiles on their faces.

get in a word.

"Steward Wang, thank you for your hard work. Every year, you, the old man, personally bring people here to collect the rent. The family has prepared some refreshments, which are a bit rough. Please don't dislike Steward Wang and come home to have a rest. They are all relatives of yours."

When asking for help from others, Yao Si and his wife did not dare to show off in front of Butler Wang, but always kept their smiles on their faces.

Butler Wang, who was in his early fifties, stood there wearing a fine indigo blue robe of fine quality. He casually dusted off a trace of dust on his sleeves, and then a smile appeared on his slightly arrogant face:

"You're welcome, Fourth Master Yao. This is something that we slaves should worry about. The master and his wife have given orders. After collecting the rent, go back and pay the errand. I accept your kindness and will not bother you again another day."

After saying that, he bowed his hands to the two of them and prepared to get in the car.

Yao Si and Fourth Grandma hurriedly stepped forward to grab the person but did not dare, so they had to follow them with smiling faces and whispered a few words. The disdain on Butler Wang's face became even worse.

Maybe it was the flattering attitude of these two people that pleased him. Before getting in the car, Butler Wang finally turned around and said, "Everything is fine with Aunt Yao. She is doing her best in serving the master and his wife in the house. You two can rest assured. We will wait until the Chinese New Year."

Maybe my wife will allow Aunt Yao to go home and take a look at your two elders."

Yao Si and Fourth Grandma spent a long time here with their smiling faces, waiting for the news of their granddaughter Huaihua. They nodded and thanked her.

Butler Wang didn't say anything more. He cupped his hands and got into the carriage with the help of the waiter.

The couple was left standing there, watching the carriages gradually move away before they stood up straight.

"Every time I see her, she just says everything is fine with Sophora japonica, so why don't she come back and have a look?" the fourth grandma said in a low voice.

Yao Si: "Look what you said, a wealthy family has its own rules. Since we, Huaihua, have married into the royal family, we have to abide by the rules of the Wang family. How can we just go back to our parents' home when we are free?"

Having said that, they still feel a little uneasy. After all these years, they finally understand how difficult it is for their granddaughter to live in the Wang family compound. The Wang family's eldest wife is not a gentle and virtuous matron.

In the two years when Huaihua first joined Wang's family, their family was really famous in these ten miles and eight towns. Huaihua would send people home from time to time to bring all kinds of good things to honor them, and would also bring them during New Years and holidays.

When several maids went home to visit, they brought back even more good things.

At that time, who didn't know that their family had a good girl who could take over her mother's family? Who wouldn't have red eyes with envy?

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Within a few years, Sophora japonica went home less and less, and she no longer carried things back.

Since the two villages were not far apart, they asked their son and daughter-in-law to come and visit several times. However, they did not expect that the Wang family only let them in once, and then they were blocked back.

Thinking that the child her granddaughter had finally conceived a few years ago suddenly disappeared and was never heard from again, the fourth grandma felt uneasy in her heart. She glanced at Yao Si:

"What are the rules? Sophora japonica hasn't been back home for more than two years. It doesn't matter if it's far away. Why can't you come back and visit when you're so close? It wasn't like this when you first got married. Why are you following the rules now?"

Yao Si was also upset. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he lowered his voice and said:

"What do you ladies know? We, Huaihua, are here to be a concubine. How can we return to our parents' home like an ordinary little daughter-in-law? Didn't Huaihua also say that Mrs. Wang is a ruthless person who hides her sword behind her smile? In such a mistress

How can we, our granddaughter, obey the rules while working for her subordinates?"

Grandma Yao Si said with a bitter face: "Why don't I understand this? Alas! I just want to ask if Huaihua is pregnant. It has been several years, but why is there no movement in her belly? What if I could come home?

Once upon a time, I was thinking about finding a doctor."

There are some private things that can only be discussed properly when you meet your granddaughter.

"Who says it's not the case? If our Sophora japonica can give birth to a boy and a half girl for the Wang family, then we will be able to establish a firm foothold. But the Wang family wants to invite many doctors but they can't find it, so you still have to come...

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Chapter completed!